Thank God that the IDF finally realizes that not everything needs to be brought to the media's attention. You don't know how many times I have shaken my head when I read in the media what the IDF intends or plans on doing in an operation. Doesn't anybody else realize that Israel's enemies read Israel's free and open press as well?

The terrorists must NOT be allowed the COMPLETE FREEDOM to rain down ROCKETS on Sderot and surrounding Jewish communities! The IslamoFascist religious supremacists who attack and fire a daily barrage of rockets from the Jew-cleansed areas of Gaza at defenseless Jewish civilians, break international law. Israel has a moral responsibility to permanently stop the cowardly and criminal terrorist attacks on her defenseless Jewish civilians! Jews must be given the basic human right of self-defense. Ethics demand it! PLEASE PROTECT JEWS

That should have been the reason going in I support the soldier getting back alive but this is a more important reason. Shut electricity and create annexed buffer zone. No one from Hamas has been killed yet so this seems to be a half baked effort.

pleasa stop your sayig about islam and jews it is israil and palastin sederot is a part from israil but gaza is a part of palastin linda i hope the kidnapped soldier will return to the family and if you will be instead of him it is okey becouse of your hate to the religion ..i think gilade has not as much hate as you he is less than 20 years with a child face not like you linda

First time in a decades some common sense from the IDF to ACTUALY protect the Jewish lives. B”H!! It was a very similar situation in 1967 when Egypt was waging the war attrition using PLO as a proxy (Yaser Arabfart was not “Palestinian” he was born in Cairo, Egypt) he was utilized by the Egyptian Army “Intelligence” as well rest of his henchmen. Israel had to go to the war at that time over that “issue”. Now at the Camp David (beginning of the “Road Map”). Peres and Sharon put some immense pressure on Menachem Begin to CAPITULATE, after the Israeli victory whole Sinai peninsula for one “promise” that Sinai will never be used as a staging ground for the hostilities against the Israel. Sinai was a vital strategic BUFFER ZONE that would allow Israel necessary time to organize its reserves in order to defend itself from the overwhelmingly numerically superior enemy. In 60’s and 70’s Egypt and Arab foes in general had inferior technology comparing to the Israelis.. For example Russian Migs and Suhoi airplanes had vastly inferior electronics such as target acquisition radars which had range of less than 20km (only Mig-25 had the range of 24km (and its radiation would kill rabbits on the runway.. it was legendary) US and Israeli made airplanes had TAR (Target Acquisition Range) of 200km so it was like the shooting the rats in the barrel. Today there is no longer that advantage. Egypt has F-16’s as well Abrams M1A1 and M1A2, shallow bravado and appeasement destroyed Frances chance to defend itself in 40’s.. there is nothing worse for democracy than when political OPPORTINISTS are manipulating own population with “yesterdays-glories” to avoid TODAYS RESPONSIBILTIES. Egypt got Sinai on account of ONLY promise it gave. They attacked Israel first, they lost the war and they got Israels UNCODITIONAL SURENDER.. except a promise of Egypt that it will not use Gaza or Sinai for carrying on hostilities against the Israel. Tunnels that were connecting Gaza with the rest of the Sinai was the MAIN reason why Israel took over the Sinai Peninsula. Egypt is waging a war of attrition again, this time much more dangerously, before Egypt was ally of Russia and its p.r. was terrible and crude, today Egypt is “trusted” American ally (although Main brains and architects of 9/11 were Egyptians, 4 engineers which selected the targets were caught by Madrid’s police were Egyptians) The “Muslim Brotherhood” is the most numerous terrorist organization in the Middle East with 24,000 members for comparison Hamas has 1,400 members. Egypt is in blatant default of its agreement. If one gets a property that he promises a certain condition for i.e. to pay mortgage he defaults he will lose this property.. and probably will have very hard time to be trusted again with any kind of “mortgage”.

Who are those Hamasniks, PLOtniks.. etc? Pupets? And who are the pupetiers? Egypt? Syria? Iran? Saudi Arabia? Now if one pays a hit-man to kill your man you main issue is the freak who is paying those thugs to kill your guys. So then only way to stop this "game" is to take the player out of commission. Saudi Arabia pays for terrorist bomber. There is an official to whose name this cheque could be traced.. Target his home with new Israeli cruise (1,500km range for torpedo launched cruise misile) to aim into his dining room. As total surprise.. It is critical that foe would not know extent and severity of retaliation for their nazizoid games. There has to be cost to the blood of the Jewish kids, addresed clearly to the freaks who are paying for their murder. Smae for the Egypt and Iran.

wake up to reality your own leaders brought you to. People You voted for - Terrorists

B"H -- The Rebbe said to add to Holyness by doing an extra Mitzvah, an extra act of kindness and also to know that Hashem is with us and that we need to Trust Him. I am encouraged by these events happening at this auspicious time. BUT, we all need to do more. Say extra Tehillim. Put on Teffillin. Daven with a Minyan, etc., And when this is over, we need to stay in Gaza. Remember that one of the reasons the Army said for leaving was so that policing it wouldn't be necessary. But the need not only persists, it has become greater. And if we leave, this will only happen again. We need to stay in Gaza when this operation is done, send all the enemy away, and resettle our fellows in their homes.

you are right. Linda Goldwater - a nice Siamese joining of two evil names - are genetic Islamophobes. I imagine they are both cracking open their champagne now and bubbling with glee as they sit down to wait for the news of the first Palestinian deaths.